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S.579 - Federal Tobacco Act of 2009  

Sponsor: Richard Burr / 111th Congress
Jump to full article: Maplight.org [Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection] (Sunlight Foundation), 2009-06-09

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Summary

A bill to establish a comprehensive Federal tobacco product regulatory program, to create a Tobacco Regulatory Agency, to prevent use of tobacco products by youth, and to provide protections for adult tobacco product users through the regulation of the tobacco products manufacturing industry. (by CRS) . . .

Interests who did not want this bill to become law included these interests and specific groups:

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* American Academy of Family Physicians

* American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

* American Academy of Pediatrics

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